Bottle-clip.



No. 816,244. PATENTED MAR. 27, 1906.

J. J. MGGARRY.

BOTTLE CLIP. 1

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 30'. 1905 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN JOSEPH MOGARRY, OF REDFERN, NEIV SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, ASSIGNORTO EDMUND RESOH, OF REDFERN, NEl V SOUTH WALES,

AUSTRALIA.

BOTTLE-CLIP.

Patented March 2'7, 1906.

r-. 1plication filed August 30, 1905. 1 Serial No. 2'76 I69 T 0 (allwhom it 'nuty concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN JOSEPH MOGARRY, a subject of the King of GreatBritain and Ireland, and a resident of Dowling street, Redfern, State ofNew South lVales, Oommonwealth of Australia, have invented cer tainnewand useful Improvements in Bottle-Clips, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improved clip for holding corks in bottlescontaining fluids undergoing treatment preparatory to final handling ofthe productsuch, for instance, as pasteurizing or the treatment to whichbeer is subjected before the cork is permanently secured. It may also beused in con nection with bottles after the seal and cork have beenremovedas, for instance, when the product is being consumedthe improvedclip serving to effectually overcome internal pressures to which thecork may be subjected and preventing the latter from being blown out andthereby avoiding disagreeable and wasteful accidents.

To this end the invention consists in the provision of a clip adaptedfor use in conneo.

tion with bottles provided with an annular shoulder or bead adjacent themouth and comprising a single strip of resilient wire bent upon itselfto form a cap or cork engaging loop and extending downwardly a suitabledistance alongside the neck of the bottle to a point adjacent suchannular shoulder or bead, whereupon it is again bent to formbottle-engaging ends, the last bend forming angularlydisposed loops,causing the bottle-engaging ends to exert an upward and inward pressureon the neck of the bottle. In the preferred form I interpose a capbetween the cork and the loop, retaining the same, which cap may bepermanently attached to said loop.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of an improved bottleclip and cap, showing the main features of my invention, said clip beingdetached from the bottle.

Fig. 2 is a view of a bottle, showing my im-- proved clip attachedthereto. plan view of my improved clip.

As shown the device of my invention consists in the provision of a clipcomposed of a single strip of resilient wire or like material providedwith a cork engaging or retaining portion, the function of said clipbeing to normally exert sufficient pressure on the cork to Fig. 3 1s aretain the same in place. An'improved feature of the clip consists informing the same in such a manner that the portions engaging the bottleare caused to exert an inward and upward pressure thereon, by means ofwhich arrangement a single clip is rendered suitable for bottles of a'relatively great variety of sizes, said bottle-engaging ends by means ofthis improved feature having a positive and effective engagement withthe neck of the bottle, thereby effecting permanent retention of thecork as long as the clip is engaged therewith.

Referring specifically to the form shown,- the same consists of a stripof wire bent upon itself to form a cap or cork engaging loop a andextending in a generally horizontal plane some distance laterally,whereupon it is bent downwardly at b b. The length of saiddownwardly-bent portions is determined by the position of the annularshoulder or bead on the neck of the bottle to which the clip is applied.The wire is bent at right angles to the downwardly-extending portions 1)b in a manner to form loops 0 c and outer free bottle-engaging ends (1 dextending in a gener ally horizontal plane on both sides of the neck ofthe bottle. A metallic cap 0/ may be permanently attached to the loop ain a manner to directly engage the cork.

The downwardly-extending portions 6 b and the loop a are both within thevertical planes of the ends (1 d, and the loops 0 c are angularlydisposed with respect to said ends. By means of this feature ofconstruction the ends (I d are caused to converge from the loops 0 cinwardly when not engaged with the bottle, and when engaged therewiththey exert both an inward and an upward pressure on the usual shoulderor bead formed on the bottle-neck.

By this improved construction I am not only enabled to make a singleclip serviceable for bottles of different sizes, but I avoid thenecessity of connecting the portions 1) b in order to retain a lateralgripping action of the ends d d upon the bottle.

I claim 1. An improved bottle-clip comprising a single strip ofresilient wire bent upon itself to form a cap-engaging loop, the ends ofthe wire being bent and extending downwardly at right angles a suitabledistance and again end, the said ends extending outwardly to engage thebottle, and a cap of flat material secured to said first-mentioned loop.

2. An improved bottle-clip comprising a single strip of resilient wirebent upon itself to 'form a cap-engaging loop, the ends of the wirebeing bent and extending downwardly a suitable distance and again bentat right angles forming a loop in each end, the said ends extendingoutwardly to engage the bottle, said loops being angularly disposed andcausing an upward and an inward pressure of the outwardly-extending endsupon the bottle.

8. An improved bottle-clip comprising a single strip of resilient wirebent upon itself to form a cap-engaging loop, the ends of the wire beingbent and extending downwardly a suitable distance and again bent atright angles forming a loop in each end, the said ends extendingoutwardly to engage the bottle, said loops being angularly disposed andcausing an upward and an inward pressure of the outwardly-extending endsupon the bottle,

and a cap of flat material secured to said firstinentioned loop.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed myname in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN JOSEPH MCGARRY.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR GRIFFITH, WALTER SIGMONT.

